Wire-cutter attachment for guns.



R. B. EN'DECOTTTF WIRE CUTTER ATTACHMENT FOR GUNS.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

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not .B. ENDEGOTT, or nouivnur, MonrANA.

WIRE-CUTTER i manent GUNS.

To all whom it may concern.

Q a citizen ofthe United States, residing at exact description of the fig Wl11 enable others skilled in the art to which Roundup, in the county of Musselshell and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Cutter Attachments'for Guns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and

'it appertains to make and use the same.

- p This invention has'for one of its objects Y the provision of' a device of this" character which may be readily attached to any standard type of gun, whereby the user of the gun 1 will have means at hand at 'alltimes-for cutting wire. H

iAnother' object of this invention is to pro- Tide a base strip securedto the gun and have ing cutting blade's'mounted thereon'which are operatively connected to an operating lever, whereby upon movement of. the operating lever, the cutting 1 r I w ll A. fnrther object of this invention'is' the prOVlSlOh of an operatingv ad l b p ne and closed to receive and severwire or like article's.

leve'r'of such construction that a portion thereof will form" a "very eflicient and practical trigger guard to thetrigger of the gun.

r A stillfurther object of'this' invention is the provision of a wire cutter attachment I after more fully vention, reference may for guns of the above stated character, which shall be simple, vdurable and efficient, and which; may 'be manutactured and sold at low cost.

g in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the 'invention consists ofcgertain of construction, .combi ation ofv parts as will be here1ndescribed and claimed.

" For a complete understanding of my inbe hadto the follow-' ing description and accompanying drawing,

,, Figure 1 is afragmentary side elevation of a gun having a'wire cutter attachment applied thereto and which is constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional viewtaken on novel features and arragement the line 2-2 of Fig, 1,

. Fig. 3-is a the'line 3+2. illustrating the cutting blades, Fig.4: is an enlarged Specification of Letters Patent.

' numeral 1 invention, such as of the stock 2 and ha'sformed thereon a -a movable blade.

for a purpose which fully described. 1

A downwardly depending ear.11 is formed an operating lever 12,

- adapted to travel upon of the arm 6.

detail sectional View taken on fragmentary 'sec- Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

- Application filed January so, 191%; Serial-No. 145,415.

downwardly depending extension L, the forward lower edge of which is beveled to form a cutting edge 5. The cutting edge 5 of the extension l constitutes a stationary blade. An arm; 6 has a pair of relatively spaced :ears 7 formed thereon which are pivotally secured to the extension 4: adjacent the rear edge thereof and formed upon the forward end of the arm 6 is an extension 8 which has one edge thereof beveled to form a cutting edge 9 which cutting edge constitutes The free end of the arm 6 is bent at right angle'sto form'a stop 10,

on the base strip 3 and has pivoted thereto which is bent ad a-Q cent itspivot end; to form a trigger guard 13 which partially surroundstheltrigger 14 of the gun. Formed upon the trigger guard 13 is a handle 15'having a finger opening 16. An extension 17 is formedupon the handle 15 and is adapted tobe engaged by a suitable spring pressed catch 18, carried bythe stock 2'. Formed upon the pivot end of the operating lever 12 is a downwardly and forwardly inclined arm 19, which has its lower end bifurcated as illustrated at 20. The bifurcated end 20 has journaled therein a. ball'bearing roller 21-, which is the upper edge of the arm 6, permitting the bifurcated ends- 20 to engage a short'distance upon each side A pair of links 22 are pivoted to the arm 19 as illustrated at 23 and are bent inwardly as illustrated at 24 to engage the sides of the arm 6. Journaled between:

will be hereinafter more the free ends' of the links 24 is a ball bearing roller 21, which engages" the under edge- 'of the arm 6, thus i't'will be-seen that a conmotion has been'provided between the operating lever 12 and thearm '6, easily and efficiently operate wlthout any undue friction. 6 a

which will I v preferred embodiment gether, and a handle formed on the operata stock, of a base strip secure a stationary blade formed.

In operation, by swinging the handle 12- downwardly,'the arm 6 is moved upwardly parting the .movab'le blade .from the stationary blade, thus, permitting a wire or like article to be inserted between the blades and by swinging the handle '12 upwardly, the movable blade moves in engagement with the stationary blade, cuttingv the wire or like.

While I have movable 'blade 2. The combination with a gun including a stock, of a base secured to the stock, a stationary blade formed on the base, a movable blade pivoted to'the s tiona blade,

an arm-formedon the movable blade, an

thus severing or shown and described the x of. my invention, it

wardlydepending tothe stock,

ear formed on" the Joase, an operating lever pivoted to said, ear, said operating lever being bent to forma trigger guard, a handle formed on the trigger guard an extension formed on the handle, a spring pressed catch carried by the stock, and engaging the extension to hold the handle against move. ment, and means for slidably' connecting the operatinglever with the arm.

3. The combination with a gun including stationary-blade formed on the base, a movable blade pivoted to the stationary blade, an arm formed on the movable blade, an operating lever-pivoted to the base, a downarm formed on the op- I 'a stock, of'a base secured to the stock, a

erating lever and having its'free end bifuiw cated to receive the first mentioned arm, a ball bearing roller'journaled in the bifurcated end of the second mentioned arm and engaging one end of the first mentioned arm,

links pivoted to the second mentioned arm and disposed upon eachside of the first mentioned arm, and a ball bearing roller journaled to the links and engaging the other edge of the first mentioned arm.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. ROY B. ENDE ooTrQ Witnesses: P V

- N. R. EvAns,

WM. '1. PARKER. 

